When those feelings are feelings of entitlement to another human being’s attention, love, or sexual access, those feelings deserve to be mocked. No one deserves a girlfriend/boyfriend simply for being, yet the attitude of these self-described “beta males” is one of absolute entitlement.

I think there’s a certain poetic justice in a hate-crime legislation that may have originated in shitty, backward northern Louisiana being used to protect the Causeway Medical Clinic. Thrills me to hear about it, in fact.

But she had a huge, awful nose. Really, so bad that it nearly looked deformed.

She’s blind to it because she’s lived a life of extraordinary privilege. Even her physical transition is an artifact of extreme privilege; most trans women (and for that matter, any women who feel uncomfortable with their bodies) can’t afford the physical overhaul she’s undergone. She hasn’t had to be a good parent.…

Okay, yeah, he’s an idiot for wanting to pet some wild animals and risking his hands and fingers to do it. I can’t muster up a whole lot of hate for him, though. At least he just wanted to pet the kitties instead of, say, luring them out of their safe enclosure, shooting them with arrows, letting them linger in pain…

If I have the choice between healthcare with an empathetic and supportive provider who lacks knowledge or access to state-of-the-art care and an “indifferent,” coolly clinical provider who can save lives, give me the latter every time, please.

People don’t need a reason to come to New Orleans during a big festival with outstanding music. New Orleans is the reason to come to New Orleans!

If kids are guests every effort should be made to make them feel welcome

‘69 here — funny, it doesn’t really feel old until I realize just how many years and decades I now have to scroll through when filling in my age on a drop-down list!

Part of that could be that when a woman has severe body image issues, she might develop an eating disorder or depression. When a man has body image issues, he (according to this study, anyway) becomes a belligerent and potentially abusive liar.

I remember a complete nightmare of a customer at Ruth’s Chris some years ago who constantly called for extra plates so she could share out her food to other people at the table with her. When these piles of extra plates didn’t disappear quickly enough for her liking — which apparently was the instant they were clear…

As a Saints fan, I have never felt more kinship with Pats fans than I do right now. Here’s hoping you’re right and that this is the beginning of Goodell’s end.

To give you a little more perspective on this, the Bensons who sued and lost are not going to be cut out; they still have trusts that will ensure they never have to work again a day in their lives. What it means is that they won’t get the Saints and the Pelicans — which is particularly interesting as Rita…

I take great pleasure in taunting short people.

It makes me angry too, and I don’t think it makes either of us intolerant for it. The overwhelming majority of trans women just want to live their lives, just like anyone else, and the rabid badgers talking about “front holes” and demanding that we abolish the word “vagina” are making their lives tougher too.

You’re right about this woman being a liar. I’m just curious as to whether she’s doing it consciously or whether she’s got some pathology that makes her believe her own tales. Maybe we won’t know which is the truth, but...yeah, she lied. She lied a ton. And for so many years, too. Whether she has NPD or HPD or some…

“a feisty black woman trapped inside a gay white man’s body.”

“Being black” isn’t just about hair and dress, etc. It’s about culture, family, how you grew up and how you were treated in your formative years.

Ugh, that’s absolutely vile! A-1 steak sauce? Only people with no taste at all would smother a good steak — or a child’s whole and beating heart — with steak sauce. I am SO off the Poehler train now.

Hell, even as a Saints fan, I wholeheartedly hope this happens. Wouldn’t mind seeing Kikaha crack him like a crab leg twice a year either.